Memory phrase for the character: 方

方

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Meaning

direction, square, upright, side

Pronunciation

fāng

Explanation

 Top: cover, shield 亠, below: sword 刀

Mnemonic
 
The cover covers the sword to all directions or in a square.

Radicals

方 direction, square




 Vocabulary

立方 lì fāng  cube
平方 píng fāng  square (as in square foot, square mile, square root)
平方米 píng fāng mǐ  square meter
四方 sì fāng  four-way; four-sided
千方百计 qiān fāng bǎi jì  lit. thousand ways, a hundred plans (idiom); by every possible means
方程式 fāng chéng shì  equation
化学方程式 huà xué fāng chéng shì  chemical equation
方程组 fāng chéng zǔ  (math.) simultaneous equations; system of equations
平方根 píng fāng gēn  square root
配方 pèi fāng  prescription; cooking recipe; formulation; completing the square (to solve quadratic equation, math)
塌方 tā fāng  to cave in; to collapse; landslide
 

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